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Original description

The Kingdom Sandstone Member of the Glenwood Formation (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 49).

Derivation

Named for Kingdom, Lee County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section of the Kingdom Member is located 3 miles north of Kingdom, Lee County, in a ravine in Ogle County (NE SE NW 36, 23N-9E) where it is 7.9 feet thick.

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Stratigraphic relationships

The Kingdom Sandstone Member is the basal member of the Glenwood Formation. In most of the outcrops the Kingdom Member has a sharp contact with the underlying Tonti Sandstone Member of the St. Peter. It thins northward and westward as it grades into the overlying Daysville Member, and farther north the Kingdom Member is equivalent to the lower part of the Nokomis Member.

Extent and thickness

The Kingdom Member commonly is 5-20 feet thick but has a maximum thickness of 40 feet.

Lithology

The Kingdom Member has the poor sorting typical of the Glenwood texture.